Next meeting of the Committee on Budgets

Glavna događanja

Plenary adopts guidelines for 2019 EU budget

15-03-2018 - 14:17

On 14 March, plenary discussed Parliament's guidelines for the 2019 EU budget, prepared by the BUDG committee on the basis of a proposal by the general rapporteur for Section III of the EU budget, Daniele Viotti (S&D, IT). The Parliament’s guidelines are to be reflected by the Commission when it presents its draft budget for 2019. The plenary vote on the guidelines took place the following day, on 15 March.

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MEPs' priorities for the EU 2019 budget are sustainable growth and jobs, innovation, competitiveness, security, the fight against climate change, the transition to renewable energy and migration. Also, MEPs want the 2019 EU budget to have a particular focus on young people and those at risk of poverty or unemployment.

On 13 March, plenary debated two key reports, prepared in the BUDG committee, in the framework of the EU's next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF): "Preparing the Parliament’s position on the MFF post-2020" and "Reform of the EU system of Own-Resources". The aim is to present Parliament's views on the building blocks of the next MFF and put forward recommendations on the revenue side of the EU budget, ahead of the Commission proposal for the next MFF expected in early May.

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The plenary vote on both reports took place on 14 March.

MEPs want the EU budget to reflect a long-term strategy for a stronger, more sustainable Europe. They demand that the current 1% expenditure ceiling be increased to 1.3% of GNI, to continue supporting existing priorities in agriculture and cohesion policy, as well as deal with new challenges such as security, defense or migration.

Further, MEPs warn that no agreement can be concluded on the MFF without corresponding headway being made on the revenue side of the EU Budget. They call for strengthening the existing own resources and progressively introducing new own resources. These could be based on a revised VAT resource, a share of corporate tax revenue, a financial transaction tax, a digital sector tax or environmental taxes. The new own resources should also abolish all rebates and corrections which benefit only some member states and cover the 'Brexit gap' without increasing the overall fiscal burden for EU taxpayers.

Joint BUDG-ECON workshop on a fiscal capacity to strengthen and enlarge the Euro Area

14-03-2018 - 14:22

On 21 March from 14.30 to 17.00, BUDG and ECON Members will participate in a workshop entitled "A fiscal capacity to strengthen and enlarge the Euro Area - Budgetary aspects for stabilising Economic and Monetary Union". The workshop will be the opportunity for Members to hear several experts and give their input on the budgetary aspects of the European Commission package for completing Europe's Economic and Monetary Union. Experts' presentations will be followed by a debate.

Decision to mobilise the EU Solidarity Fund for Greece, Spain, France and Portugal

14-03-2018 - 14:16

On 22 March 2018, Members of the Committee on Budgets will discuss the Commission’s proposed decision to mobilise the EU Solidarity Fund for Greece, Spain, France and Portugal for a total amount of EUR 104,2 million following earthquakes, hurricanes or fires that affected those countries in 2017. Taking account of the advances already paid (EUR 6,5 million), the European Commission’s accompanying Draft Amending Budget N°1/2018 proposes to enter EUR 97,6 million in the 2018 budget.

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The rapporteur, Mr José Manuel Fernandes (EPP, PT), recommends going ahead with the mobilisation as proposed by the European Commission. The vote in the Committee on Budgets is scheduled for 16 May 2018.

On 1 March, on the basis of a proposal by the BUDG committee, plenary approved two applications by Member States to mobilise the EGF. The first case concerns an application by Spain for an EU contribution of EUR 720 000. The EU funding aims at facilitating the re-integration into the labour market of 303 workers made redundant by 5 companies in the clothing sector in the Spanish region of Galicia. The second application, by Sweden, involves EU funding worth EUR 2,1 million

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for the re-integration into the labour market of 900 workers made redundant by Ericsson in four Swedish regions, as a result of the negative growth in the hardware-centric business line of the telecom industry in Sweden due to global competition. The BUDG committee on 22 February had already recommended the approval of both applications.